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Sentence count:269+18Posted:2016-07-16Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: bearguardkeeppossesspreserveprotectretainsavesupportsustainupholdAntonym: abandonSimilar words: containin the maincontainermaintenanceuncertaintyremaindomainmainlyMeaning: [meɪn'teɪn]  v. 1. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean" 2. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction 3. supply with necessities and support 4. state categorically 5. have and exercise 6. maintain for use and service 7. maintain by writing regular records 8. state or assert 9. support against an opponent 10. observe correctly or closely. 
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181. Keeping a steady blaze is akin to the way in which women generate and maintain emotional energy.
182. We maintain a computerised database of potential acquirers against which we screen all opportunities that come to our attention.
183. Consequently the mayoral incumbent must perform a delicate juggling act to maintain constituent support.
184. A telephone was hoisted through the bedroom window to enable the police to maintain contact and meet requests for food and cigarettes.
185. The contrary view is that a huge capital investment will have to be made soon to maintain buildings and provide equipment.
186. Key messages include the need to plan audits adequately,[www.Sentencedict.com] to record audit work performed and to maintain adequate quality assurance procedures.
187. The big fleet operators get the biggest discounts - putting the dealers under pressure to maintain higher prices for private buyers.
188. Isabella was sentenced to lose all her lands, but was given an allowance of £3,000 a year to maintain her estate.
189. When roasting lean meats and small game birds, basting is essential to maintain moisture.
190. They maintain their father threatened to kill his sons to stop them from exposing him as a child molester.
191. The princes needed to support the dominant imperial candidate to maintain and enhance their positions.
192. In order to maintain a proper balance in your life, you must be prepared to allocate some time to yourself each day.
193. I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. G. K. Chesterton 
194. Their struggle was to maintain an economic base independent of wage labor.
195. Aiding the domestic industry to gain or maintain international competitive advantage has never been an explicit expectation.
196. The Stolypin reforms, Soviet historians would maintain, had not solved the basic problem which made revolution inevitable.
197. Simple mechanical devices were placed in the test room to maintain an accurate record of output.
198. The bill requires health insurers to maintain coverage for anybody who changes or loses his job.
199. However, to maintain the balance and the style of the account of earlier periods, we can adopt a similar approach.
200. But Commerce Department officials said that did not entitle him to see any classified information, and they maintain he saw none.
201. In a vain attempt to maintain her independence, she spent Monday and Tuesday nights at home - alone.
202. As a result of my friendship with Harold Wilson I developed considerable affection for him, which I still maintain.
203. The new angle is sitting in front of a client who specifies we maintain six choices right to the end of service.
204. Thus, it remains essential to maintain adequate defences against such dictators and to prevent the further proliferation of nuclear arms.
205. They will have failed to maintain an adequate level of expectation about what life can be as non-parents.
206. The company will maintain a strategic manufacturing agreement with the startup and joint business development arrangements.
207. Independent grocery stores have used Nordstrom-style personal service for years to maintain loyal customer bases.
208. One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter. Henry David Thoreau 
209. I was basically asking the company to decide whether or not it wanted to maintain a domestic production capability.
210. What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
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